File:3-4 VIEW OF TYPICAL PIER AT WEST END OF BRIDGE. - Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street and Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny HAER PA,2-PITBU,64-4.tif

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3-4 VIEW OF TYPICAL PIER AT WEST END OF BRIDGE. - Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street and Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Photographer
Eliott, Joseph
Title
3-4 VIEW OF TYPICAL PIER AT WEST END OF BRIDGE. - Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street and Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Description
Covell, Vernon R; Dravo Contracting Company; Vang Construction Company; Independent Bridge Company; Booth and Flinn Company; Richardson, George S; Allegheny County Department of Public Works; Pittsburgh Committee on City Planning; Olmsted, Frederick Law; Brown, Norman F; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Gruen, Jason Philip, historian; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,2-PITBU,64-4
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Washington in 1924. The opening of the tunnels and the bridge were instrumental in the development of Pittsburgh's South Hills suburbs...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N426
  • Survey number: HAER PA-448
  • Building/structure dates: 1925- 1928 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88000867.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3566.photos.361049p
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Object location40° 26′ 26.02″ N, 79° 59′ 46″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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